Judge, 1921-09-24 · page 13 of 36
Judge — September 24, 1921 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis for Modern Readers **The Cartoon (top):** A man and woman discuss a mastodon discovery at Newburgh-on-the-Hudson River. The joke plays on geographical confusion: the man initially thought such prehistoric creatures were found only in Siberia, but the woman suggests that during prehistoric times, Siberia may have extended to the Hudson River banks—a satirical jab at vague scientific knowledge or pretentious dinner-party conversation about paleontology. **"Prizefighting" Article:** A humorous essay by Chet Shaper mocking professional boxing using deliberately overwrought language ("gladiatorial olio," "commercial art"). It satirizes the sport's brutality (cauliflower ears, torn ears), the financial incentives, and the glorification of violence. The tone is cynical—boxing is portrayed as staged combat dressed up with rules and respectability ("modern production basis"). **The Poems:** Two brief comic verses mock self-help platitudes and hypocrisy—one about arriving versus traveling, another about the irony of modesty in transparent situations. The page reflects early-20th-century *Judge* magazine's satirical approach to contemporary American culture and intellectual pretension.
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Drawn by JOUN Conaciien. A, . ) Cour eAR__> Ss. été” ‘e Gen. fear it YOU READ THAT A MASTODON HAD BEEN DUG UP AT NEWBURGH-ON-THE HUDSON? = [ ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IN FOUND THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT IN--AH “Dw SIBERIA THEY “AH! WELI oF THE Hupso: PREHISTORIC TIMES, YOU KNOW, THAT SIBERIA was ON THE BANKS Prizefighting RIZEFIGHTING is a branch of commercial art that comes un- der the head of exterior decorating. Thumbed up, it is a gladiatorial olio in which one contestant remains up- right and hears the plaudits of the multitude while the other caresses the canvas and listens to the birdies call, It is the manly art of self- defense put on a modern production basis. In prizetighting two men engage each other industriously in a roped arena und get much jack for what they’d be charged plenty and costs for ten feet either way from the en- trance. The sport is divided into bouts which begin with a felicitous conference in the center of the ring and end with a push in the mush. The principals swap punches and the one that gets beat on the trade throws in a towel to boot. If one tears off the other’s ears and flat- By CHEer SHAFER tens his conk while he is losing his cuspi and his virgin profile, the referee says honors are even and they both get three times the value of the trick. It is a question of the sur- vival of the fittest. The one that tits the best gets mest of the gate receipts. ‘The other just gets the gate. ‘Taking on a significant alias is the first concern of a prizetighter. After that he’s but two cauliflower ears away from the top-notchers. While he’s fighting preliminaries he has a tough time eating regularly. If he carries a pestilence in both hands, or ha: right that has a high tronomical value, he gets to be cham- pion and eats too much. And about the time he begins to develop his paunch instead of his punch and milates a choice assortment of diversified assault and battery, they give him a Marquis of Queensburial. 13 The greatest honor achievable in prizefighting is to have a ringside seat close enough to the champion's corner to get splashed with water be- tween rounds. And the game will always be a good one--unless they run out of resin. R. LS. Was Right It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.—Stevenson. The man who curves one arm around A waist while he is driving, y of traveling has found That’s better than arriving. A Transparency “Folks who live in glass houses should never throw stones,”— And may we here further remark: Folks who live in such houses may find it discreet To dress and undress in the dark. comicbooks.com